Cape Colony, Cape Town

One of the World's top ten restaurants listed by US-based Hotels magazine, Cape Colony's modern African cuisine blends with trendy European and is accompanied by live contemporary jazz playing nightly. In a magnificent 1921 built room and complete with a Cape mural backdrop it has painted pillars and African decor. Cape ingredients and culinary traditions of the world are fused here. Expect spicy, fruity flavors and imaginative mixes. Tea-smoked springbok with paw-paw, apple and chili salad and Natal prawns with beaten rice batter and a sweet, mild chili jam, served on a snoek cake are examples of what is available.